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Amarillo Globe News 14 Jun 1997

J.D. Coker

J.D. Coker, 88, of Amarillo, died Thursday, June 12, 1997.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in N.S. Griggs & Sons Funeral Directors 
Pioneer Chapel, 2615 Paramount Blvd., with Paul Sneed of Central Church of 
Christ and Dr. Jim Garrett of Polk Street United Methodist Church 
officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery East.

Mr. Coker was born in Sinton and moved to Amarillo in 1941. He married 
Mayme Earley in 1929 at Hobart, Okla.

He graduated from Central State Teachers College in Edmond, Okla., with a 
degree in mathematics. He played football and participated in track and 
field while attending CSTC.

He was drafted by the government to teach welding at Amarillo College 
during World War II. He owned and operated Coker's Weldrite Welding 
Service for more than 40 years before selling it in 1984.

Mr. Coker was a member of Polk Street United Methodist Church.

Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Ruth Taylor of Amarillo and 
Yvonne Ward of Irving; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

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Amarillo Globe News 15 Jun 1997

J.D. Coker

J.D. Coker, 88, of Amarillo, died Thursday, June 12, 1997.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in N.S. Griggs & Sons Funeral Directors 
Pioneer Chapel, 2615 Paramount Blvd., with Paul Sneed of Central Church of 
Christ and Dr. Jim Garrett of Polk Street United Methodist Church 
officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery East.

Mr. Coker was born in Sinton and moved to Amarillo in 1941. He married 
Mayme Earley in 1929 at Hobart, Okla.

He graduated from Central State Teachers College in Edmond, Okla., with a 
degree in mathematics. He played football and participated in track and 
field while attending CSTC.

He was drafted by the government to teach welding at Amarillo College 
during World War II. He owned and operated Coker's Weldrite Welding 
Service for more than 40 years before selling it in 1984.

Mr. Coker was a member of Polk Street United Methodist Church.

Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Ruth Taylor of Amarillo and 
Yvonne Ward of Irving; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
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